The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-11
PEOPLE WHO CHEAT WOMEN.
HOW THEY ARE SERrED NJ TIN
Wo.HEys PROTECTIVE UNI0N6

Some or the Cases Undertaken by emo Un'oN
In thi. Citv-Wow Male swindies-s are
Brought 10 re An Empioyor's Letort.
A pretty, darl:-cyed girl, with delicata
face which Yves not loss attractive because OF
sone traces OF sorrow upon u. entered tho
ofJlco OF the Working Womeu's Protective
Union, at 10 Clinton place, one dny recently.
IL want to get my money" sho said to the
superintendent. MADAM .----Eand che Gnve
the name OF fashionable Fifth avenue dress-
maker) owes mo over s9S for work"
"Oh. yes," eGid the superintendent We
know that drcssnaker. You are not tho hres
ono to complain against her
Then tho dark eyed girl told her story. Hor
father was an Italian artist In England. She
came to this country with her brother. and he
deserted hor. She used her noodle to suppore
herself in various places. and finally answered
tho Fifth avenue dressmaker's advertisement
for q finisher at $40 week. The drossmaker
paid her lttlo at u time. but never all she
owed. She wanted the s3S due her TO pay hes
passage back TO England, where her father
WAS The dressnsaker told her that she
had spoiled her work. which was not true, DO"
cause sho had seen tho work accepted ~ the
customers.
Tho superintendent, believing the girls storyt
opened her bate ies on the fashionable dressS
mukeE Ny beuuluk ueI tuc lohoWAhSs
MApAs A complaint against you has been left AZ
this otco by -, who alleges that you owe her sSs
which unable to collect ifthero 10 any lust Gauss
why she should receive this money. ron win please
make 1t personally known to US within three days or
shall be obliged that your silence an
admission Of the debt and to place the matter bofors
the court for collection. Yours respectfully.
N. W. FHRaER, superintendent.
I'VE will have that money for you to-mor-
row, think" said the superintendent to tho
girl, and turning to the reporter she said:
THAT madam has refused several times tn
pay similar claims. but has always done 81
when they were presented b. the union. Wa
have collected about 1906 D. n her In small
sums for poor girls Very lfs'ie difficulty is ex-
perienced in collecttiS these claims after ems
poyers thoroughly comprehend that they
have to deal wit'a powerful organization. and
not with defenceless working woman"
Against what class OF employers do you req
ceive most complants"
Against dressmakers. I think. Why. know
OF one doing business now who has defrauded
thirty girls at least. for we have that many
judgments against her. She hasa largo house
elegantly furnished with furniture obtained on
the installment plan. and that We can't touch
till the installments are paid. She lie very
shrewd woman. and has fixed all her property
The female employers, explained the super.
trouble. There Is u section Of the Code where's
by man against whom Judgment has been
obtained for unpaid wages to . female em-
fiiteen days Neckiie makers. glove makers.
iraud!ns Ing their girls. but the wise girls who
take their claims to tho union generally ges
One class Of these swindiers OF women. after
40 many operations IN one city as to make
continued residence warm Tor them. remove to
But there are other unions In other cities,
Recently man, weIl-known milliner AND
his girls, and the Philadeiphia Women's Pro.
tective Union took proceedings against him
Hs picked up his property and a came , TO- this hs
union here. and a lndsmont was obtained
against him. But the swindier. though very
shrewd. didn't know of tho clause In the Code.
and SO paid no attention to the judgment.
When no was tod about that clause by aa
oiiicer OF the law. ne wlstied' and then paid
No claim is too small for the union to tske
up. Suit for Twenty-Five cents has been brought
usual process the money has been collected.
The excuses Invented BY those sharks OF the
works!op are very numerous, and many Ipy OF
WORK yh q! sirl has perioTmei IL unssatisfac-
n nf"slnS up s fss sf s p' 1t fancy WORK
She had undertaken the embruidering OF dai:.
sss cents sso sha ad fH finished sss
the daisies. when she asked her employer,
Sp WIG T Sad st bad
finding fault with girls work. and then dos
ductinG certain amount from their wages .
oh, those daisies nre wretchedly worked"
Tor f ;hos s x dolq, is ali they are w9rsl.
rolled up ss da is To the
Protect i've Union Tor advice.
IN \yln n n hfA
dsisss YOU viii keep them Thoy are W WORTH
ali YOU ask was the advice she got
the ma,inm, who called her an impudent thing.
Just because she would not BIO quietly robbed.
and q'e quarter er' nre e and the willy madam
knew It. She paid what she had agreed to pay
But While bad work mnnshipis a common OK
ser S1 as nmpoyers brishi.facsd yonn.:
tectiva Union roccnt!v and said that she had
been employed rs snleSwOmnn by a dry goods
me5fhaH. a. r.. week At th9 end Iv OF tho we"
"Why1'" asked the Superintendent Couldn't
Yes: Thoy said my work was all right.
You were certainly not untidy or s!ovenl,
No. They said nothing about that, but"
and she hestated again.
Mere, you impudent or careless or d.s-
No. They said did not smile at the c',-
TONER'S"
non the representative OF tho Protecti,,
Union called on tho dry goods man the latte
urged tho same excuse. ~ II 1t was ser;olr,
offence not to snilc. Doubtless tho girl CARR
easy for most people. Tho employer. howey.
paid that 50 and the union got the poor 81.
another and q better place. where smiles we
not considered necessary, ana 1t cost
nothing
II costs no girl anything to enlist thef
vices OF the. union. That is one Of the prig
pies which il Was founded. 1t Is a soCi
that docs " great deal Of good with a very IL; 1
money. not 10, protect idlinG frivolous wont
but women who work.. According to the So
retary's report, the union has answered sin.
its establishment, in tho time OF tho civil " I
and M to January. 1887. 2JO,4l5 application,
furnished is,lcT employments. proseeut,t
l0,l IS complaints Of fraud recovered aad pai
TO worklnswomen s3ja72.51. in sums ayerur-
ing S9.do.
Gr!s OF all sorts OF vocations go to tho Ollie,
to lodge their complaints. rype writer's AMI
Etenoyranhers 20 oiton to complain that thu
Iawyers for whom they have been workn
won't pay them. But the luwrers do pay lfte:
they receive that little opening letter, which IL
tint thAv will Iu.